
Many of the papers report on the case of the Girl locked in cellar for 24 YEARS
Elisabeth Fritzl, 42, said she was drugged and handcuffed after being lured to the basement of their home when she was 18.says the Mail
She had been a captive ever since, repeatedly raped by her father Josef, 73, and had given birth seven times.
The Mirror also leads with the story commenting that
Some stayed caged with their mother and never saw sunlight. Others were cared for by their father and grandfather Josef, now 73.
Neighbours in Amstetten, eastern Austria, said: "He said he wanted to do good. He seemed such a harmless old man." Police said: "The woman was abused continuously for 24 years."
The Guardian says
Police said many questions remained to be answered in the case, which is reminiscent of that of the Austrian girl Natascha Kampusch, who was abducted, aged 10, on her way to school and locked in a windowless cell before dashing to freedom in August 2006
The blind man who was given the gift of sight by gene therapy is the lead in the Independent
A pioneering gene therapy trial has helped a blind man to see in a breakthrough that brings hope to millions affected by eye diseases. British scientists have claimed a world first for the revolutionary treatment, which involved a single injection into the retina at the back of the eye.adding
Steven Howarth, 18, from Bolton, who has a rare inherited eye disorder which has left him with extremely poor vision and completely unable to see in the dark, improved sufficiently after the treatment to be able to navigate a "maze" in conditions similar to street lighting at night.
The Telegraph says
The technique could be ready for use within two years to treat people suffering from some inherited diseases of the retina, which affect 20,000 people in Britain.
Within five years it could be ready for testing on people who suffer age related macular degeneration, a condition that affects 500,000 Britons.
Health is on the front of two other papers,the Express says
CHOCOLATE WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE
A DAILY bar of chocolate could be given to patients to reduce their risk of heart disease, scientists will reveal today.and the Guardian reports
A British team has developed a bar packed with compounds that protect the heart from damage. It will be tested on British volunteers in the first clinical trials of their kind.
Government warned on DIY cancer treatments
The government was yesterday warned that cancer sufferers are at increased risk from websites selling unproven cures that could wreck the remaining months of their life. The controversy centres on a drug called DCA (dichloroacetate), a chemical being promoted and hyped across the world as a cure for cancer after news of preliminary laboratory tests on rats.
The Times claims
Postal vote fraud threatens to wreak mayoral poll chaos
The electoral system is close to breaking point and the mayoral and local elections on Thursday are vulnerable to large-scale fraud, Gordon Brown is warned today.
Efforts to improve turnout by increasing postal voting have raised the risk of fraud and undermined confidence in the electoral process, a damaging report from the Joseph Rowntree Trust concludes.
The forthcoming elections are well covered as are yesterday's political revelations
Mandelson tells Labour to refocus says the Independent
As the Prime Minister prepared for the crucial first test of his leadership at the ballot box on Thursday, Peter Mandelson, the EU trade commissioner, joined senior cabinet ministers to rally round the Prime Minister, but said the Government must focus more on regaining public support.
The Guardian says
The foreign secretary, David Miliband, warned yesterday that disloyalty to the prime minister would be fatal after a former Labour party fundraiser claimed that Tony Blair regarded Gordon Brown as a liar who has no chance of defeating David Cameron at the next general election
Meanwhile the Telegraph reports that
Lord Laidlaw seeks 'sex addiction' treatment
The 65-year-old peer, estimated to be worth £730 million, admitted he had been fighting the "disease" for the whole of his adult life after being exposed for holding exclusive sex parties.
He was said to have flown prostitutes from Britain to a £6,000-a-night presidential suite at a hotel in Monte Carlo, where they drank champagne and fine wines before taking part in lesbian and bondage sex acts
The fall out from the weekend's football is featured on the front page of the Sun
Man who brawled with Evra exclusive says the paper
Tattooed mowerman Sam Bethell, 23, was caught on camera as he lunged at the France defender during a post-match brawl.
Evra, 26, appeared to duck an attempted blow and the steaming groundsman was finally restrained by colleagues and security staff.
Patrice Evra is alleged to have been racially abused in the moments leading to the violent confrontation between Manchester United's players and a number of Chelsea employees after Saturday's game at Stamford Bridge. Evra has been promised his team-mates' support as the Football Association opens an investigation into the incidentsays the Guardian
The Telegraph leads with the news that
House prices now falling year on year
The average residential property is now worth £173,100 - £1,500 less than a year ago, claims Hometrack, the property research company.
The 0.9 per cent slump is "highly symbolic", say industry analysts, because it is the first time since the credit crisis began that any property index has shown house prices falling on an annual basis.
Credit crunch 'will see 33,000 lose their home' says the Mail
The Centre for Economics and Business Research suggested that the credit crunch will push many households to the brink.
The think-tank's latest housing prospects forecast says mortgage deals will remain expensive until the financial markets recover.
John Ward, its managing economist, said: "The stark rise in repossessions forecast shows why the Chancellor and the Bank of England are so keen to sort out the problems in the wholesale financial markets.
Many of the papers report from Kabul where
Taleban breach major security in fourth Karzai assassination attempt
President Karzai narrowly escaped with his life yesterday after Taleban gunmen attacked an Independence Day ceremony in Kabul, sending ambassadors and generals diving for cover, and dealing a fresh blow to Afghanistan's fragile security.
Three people, including an Afghan MP and a child, were killed and eleven injured in the attack, when a group of gunmen opened fire on a military parade marking the sixteenth anniversary of the fall of the Soviet-backed communist Government in Kabul.
The Independent reports that
Britain's ambassador, Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, and William Wood, the American envoy, were among 200 foreign dignitaries and military officers at the event. Sir Sherard said he saw a rocket-propelled grenade fired from a mud compound before small-arms fire erupted around them. The first shots came during an artillery gun salute.
The Guardian reports
13 dead in shootout and car chase as drug war erupts in Tijuana
Saturday's pre-dawn battles left a trail of dead strewn along the streets of the Californian border city, some with their weapons still clasped in their hands. Others died slumped inside brand new cars left riddled with bullets.
The Baja California state attorney general, Rommel Moreno, said 54 guns, 21 vehicles, and more than 1,500 cartridges were recovered at five different locations in Tijuana.
Obama rejects Hillary Clinton debate says the Telegraph
The Sun marks the 1st anniversary of the Maddy disapperance with a special 12 page supplement which will run over three days
LISBON, Portugal -- Portuguese police searched Friday for a three-year-old British girl who went missing from an upmarket resort in Southern Portugal where she was on vacation with her family, officials said.
WITH one momentous sentence on May 4, 2007, the Associated Press broke one of the biggest news stories of modern times.
The Mirror meanwhile reports that
TWINS 'CALLS' TO MADELEINE
Just like their heartbroken parents, little Sean and Amelie McCann long for the return of big sister Madeleine.
At three, the twins are too young to appreciate the full devastating impact of her disappearance. But they still remember and miss her.
And in their own childlike way they keep looking and hoping - making pretend calls to her on a toy phone and searching the house to see if they can find her.
The Mail claims that
Nurses are too busy to help patients because 'they are drowning in paperwork'
A report found that some are denied help in going to the toilet while others are given intimate examinations behind curtains that won't close properly.
It cited further degrading treatment including the use of mixed-sex wards, toilets and shower rooms.
Pupils shun Jamie Oliver's healthy diet for junk food runs reports the Times
Students are operating a black-market trade in food banned in schools, including burgers and chocolate, in a backlash against healthier canteen menus such as those espoused by the celebrity chef Jamie Oliver.
Newly installed healthy menus in school canteens and the removal of junk food from vending machines have created a gap in the market that students have been quick to fill. Some of the most sophisticated operations are taking place at business and enterprise schools.
Finally the Independent reports on
Dial 'T' for trouble: A nuisance caller takes on Britain PLC
It is a fact universally acknowledged that few modern rituals are more stressful than trying to telephone a major company. Any average person who wants to complain, or (heaven forbid) actually buy something from a larger than medium-sized firm faces endless frustration – and needs to have the patience of a saint. If you're not trying to deal with a computer service-centre in Bangladesh (with a two-second time delay on the line), you're faced with banks asking a lengthyseries of security questions while you stand on a Bangkok street corner, talking into a fading mobile, trying to find out why they have stopped your debit card.
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